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<blockquote data-quote="SOWEGA Jacket" data-source="post: 834970" data-attributes="member: 4334"><p>These are all valid opinions and I understand all of them as I’ve held those opinions at different points in my life. But the longing for the old days is just an illusion at this point. I turned against the bowls in 1990 as a 20 year old GT student when my school got screwed out of a shot at Colorado in the Orange because the corrupt bowl execs chose ND and the Rocket months prior. Years of bribes, rounds of golf, free tickets, etc. paid off for ND as they were given that game in Primetime while we played in Orlando. </p><p></p><p>Money will expand the playoffs and it’s the kind of money that can overcome the past bribes of the bowl system. They never thought this day would come because for 100 years they called the shots. I may not like the current crew calling the shots (ESPN), but the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The bowl executives know this which is why they are cranking up the propaganda and/or begging because they know their product of worthless bowls in marginal cities is a losing argument. The attendance numbers have proven this out. The bowls for the first time ever are in the same position they put the schools in for 100 years and that is having to beg for crumbs. I love it. They know expansion is coming and that TV will demand the early rounds to be played on campus in front of full crowds instead of Shreveport in front of friends and family if the bowl committee. </p><p></p><p>I remember being stunned when I heard the BCS was formed and broke the stranglehold of the bowl execs in 1998. Then the 4 team playoff started in 2014. Now, a mere 8 years later expansion talk is full on again to 8 or 12. I give it another 6-7 years for the money to again push for expansion. So, I expect by 2032 or so that we’ll have at minimum a 24 team playoff with the top 8 getting a bye and the bottom 16 playing a 1st round on campus. There will still be plenty of mediocre teams to play in craptastic bowls from Dec.10 to New Years for those of you who yearn to watch Duke play Fresno St in the Gasparilla Bowl on a Wednesday night on the deuce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SOWEGA Jacket, post: 834970, member: 4334"] These are all valid opinions and I understand all of them as I’ve held those opinions at different points in my life. But the longing for the old days is just an illusion at this point. I turned against the bowls in 1990 as a 20 year old GT student when my school got screwed out of a shot at Colorado in the Orange because the corrupt bowl execs chose ND and the Rocket months prior. Years of bribes, rounds of golf, free tickets, etc. paid off for ND as they were given that game in Primetime while we played in Orlando. Money will expand the playoffs and it’s the kind of money that can overcome the past bribes of the bowl system. They never thought this day would come because for 100 years they called the shots. I may not like the current crew calling the shots (ESPN), but the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The bowl executives know this which is why they are cranking up the propaganda and/or begging because they know their product of worthless bowls in marginal cities is a losing argument. The attendance numbers have proven this out. The bowls for the first time ever are in the same position they put the schools in for 100 years and that is having to beg for crumbs. I love it. They know expansion is coming and that TV will demand the early rounds to be played on campus in front of full crowds instead of Shreveport in front of friends and family if the bowl committee. I remember being stunned when I heard the BCS was formed and broke the stranglehold of the bowl execs in 1998. Then the 4 team playoff started in 2014. Now, a mere 8 years later expansion talk is full on again to 8 or 12. I give it another 6-7 years for the money to again push for expansion. So, I expect by 2032 or so that we’ll have at minimum a 24 team playoff with the top 8 getting a bye and the bottom 16 playing a 1st round on campus. There will still be plenty of mediocre teams to play in craptastic bowls from Dec.10 to New Years for those of you who yearn to watch Duke play Fresno St in the Gasparilla Bowl on a Wednesday night on the deuce. [/QUOTE]
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